Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

An Endeavor Air Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of Delta Airlines, registration N329PQ performing flight DL-5083 from New York La Guardia,NY to Savannah,GA (USA), was climbing out of La Guardia’s runway 13 when the crew stopped the climb at about 12,000 feet reporting smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft diverted to New York’s JFK airport for a safe landing on runway 22L about 34 minutes after departure.

A replacement Canadair CRJ-900 registration N134EV reached Savannah with a delay of about 5:45 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 22 hours after landing at JFK.